Friedrich August Valentin Voit von Salzburg

Friedrich August Valentin Voit von Salzburg was the commander of the Bayreuth Regiment of Ansbach-Bayreuth during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Friedrich August Valentin Voit von Salzburg was a general of the German principality of Ansbach-Bayreuth, and on 1 February 1777 he was called up as a colonel when Ansbach-Bayreuth agreed to supply two regiments of "Hessians" (with five companies each), a 101-man company of jaegers, and a 44-man artillery complement to Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. Von Voit commanded the "Bayreuth Regiment" when it was sent to Canada, and in May 1778 he took over command of the Ansbach-Bayreuth mercenaries from Friedrich Ludwig Albrecht von Eyb after his return to Germany. Von Voit commanded the Ansbacher troops until the end of the war in 1783, upon which he returned home.